Tag: pictorial motive

Girl and butterfly by Lord Carnarvon

Detail from: Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915 by George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (also, Lord Carnarvon)
Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923) ~ Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915. Royal photographic society coll. | src getty images
Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923) ~ Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915. Royal photographic society coll., V&A museum

Girl in meadow by Sarra

Valentino Sarra (Italian, 1903-1982) ~ Girl in Meadow, 1930. Gelatin silver print | src heritage auctions
Valentino Sarra (Italian-American, 1903-1982) ~ Girl in Meadow, 1930. Gelatin silver print | src heritage auctions

Tea-time by Gertrude Käsebier

Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) ~ [The Artist’s Daughter, Hermine, and her Children at Tea]; Waban, Massachusetts, 1910. Platinum print. | src Getty museum
Gertrude Käsebier ~ A group of two women, one boy, and three young girls having tea outdoors, ca. 1905. One of the girls attends to a kitten with a bowl of milk. (George Eastman Museum via getty images)

Kupferova in oriental costume

František Drtikol (1883-1961) ~ Ervina Kupferová in oriental costume with fan, ca. 1920. Bassenge Auktionen Photographs 2015 lot 4176 & LL/59783
František Drtikol (1883-1961) ~ Ervína Kupferová (oriental costume), ca. 1920 | src mutualArt

The Larsen dancers · C.H. White

Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [7/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [6/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [9/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [10/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) ~ Larsen Dancers [5/11], ca. 1923 – 1924. Platinum print. | Princeton University Art Museum

Figure Study by Koppitz

Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) ~ Figure Study, 1912/13. Bromoil Print. Photoinstitut Bonartes | src getty images

The Bubble, 1917-1918

Arthur F. Kales :: The Bubble. Photograms of the Year. The annual review of the world’s pictorial photographic work, 1917-1918 (plate IX). Edited by F. J. Mortimer | src archive.org

Draped female nude by Day

Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Draped female nude lounging on the grass], ca. 1897 (detail)
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Draped female nude lounging on the grass], ca. 1897. Platinum print | src The Met
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Girl in sheer drapery on leopard skin, in nature, reclining], ca. 1897 (detail)
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ [Girl in sheer drapery on leopard skin, in nature, reclining], ca. 1897. Platinum print | src Library of Congress

Model: Elizabeth Chamberlin (1886–1960)

Right panel of the triptych Armageddon. The central panel of Day’s triptych was his iconic photo: An Ethiopian Chief

Nude by the River ca 1916

Arthur F. Kales ~ Female Nude by the River, 1916 | src Fine Art Los Angeles on eBay

Prologue to a Sad Spring 1920

Edward H. Weston (1883 – 1956) ~ Prologue to a Sad Spring [Margrethe Mather], 1920 | src women artists in History
Edward Weston ~ Prologue to a Sad Spring [Margrethe with hat, looking over right shoulder, hand on chest, shadow of a tree on a barn wall] 1920. Gelatin silver print | src CCP
Edward Weston ~ Prologue to a Sad Spring [Margrethe standing in dark cloak to left; shadow of tree on barn wall to right], 1920. Platinum or palladium print | src CCP